Brief power failure for nearly 1,900 customers in St. Louis Park area

Nearly 1,900 customers were unexpectedly without electricity in the west metro for nearly an hour Monday morning, according to a utility spokeswoman.

The outage in the St. Louis Park area was "the result of a cut cable" at W. 36th Street and Wooddale Avenue, said Xcel Energy spokeswoman Patti Nystuen.

The failure began at 7:53 a.m., and the utility had everyone back in service by 8:49 a.m., Nystuen said.